Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA

WGAR News: Jennifer Kaeshagen & Gerry Georgatos speak out: Matargarup First Nations Refugee Camp: Moki Waahuu, NZ interview

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 10/05/2015 - 6:41am

Newsletter date: 11 May 2015

Contents:

* Audio Interviews:

Moki Waahuu's Podcast: Jennifer Kaeshagen of Stringer news

Moki Waahuu's Podcast: Dr Gerry Georgatos talks Matagarup and the Indigenous refugee camp

Moki Waahuu's Podcast: Sam Cook Aboriginal Activist from Kimberly WA

Moki Waahuu's Podcast: Kado Muir Indigenous Australian Leader

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
First Nations
Matargarup First Nations Refugee Camp
Matargarup Indigenous Refugee Camp
Matargarup Aboriginal Refugee Camp
Matargarup
Matagarup
Threat of Community Closures
Heirisson Island
Heirisson Island Aboriginal protest
Jennifer Kaeshagen
Stringer News
Gerry Georgatos
Moki Waahuu
NZ
New Zealand
Moki Waahuu's Podcasts
Sam Cook
Sam Cook Aboriginal Activist from Kimberley WA
Kado Muir
Kado Muir Indigenous Australian Leader
NIRS
Elder 'traumatised' by Matargarup camp raid
Julie Dwyer
The Stringer - facebook
The Stringer
Don't believe them; They will close Homelands - the only 'consultations' should be about equality
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
sovereignty movement

WGAR News: Aboriginal elders voice concern over plans to close remote communities - Tauto Sansbury & Rosalie Kunoth-Monks: Natalie Whiting, The World Today

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 09/05/2015 - 6:39pm

Newsletter date: 10 May 2015

Contents:

* Audio: Natalie Whiting, The World Today: Aboriginal elders voice concern over plans to close remote communities [Featuring Tauto Sansbury & Rosalie Kunoth-Monks]

* Speeches: Green Left: Aboriginal voices resist closures [Featuring Gwenda Stanley, Uncle Ken Canning & Ginny Jane]

Geography: 
Australia
Sydney
South Australia
Adelaide
Melbourne
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Aboriginal elders
Aboriginal elders Tauto Sansbury & Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Tauto Sansbury
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Aboriginal elders voice concern over plans to close remote communities
Natalie Whiting
The World Today
The World Today - ABC
Green Left
Green Left Weekly
GLW - Green Left Weekly
Aboriginal voices resist closures
Gwenda Stanley
Uncle Ken Canning
Ken Canning
Ginny Jane
Sue Bolton
Melbourne councils oppose forced closure of Aboriginal communities
David Weber
ABC News
Anger over plans for future of remote Aboriginal communities in WA
Kimberley Land Council
Stephanie Anderson
Robert Burton-Bradley
Stephanie Anderson & Robert Burton-Bradley
SBS News
Calls to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in Indigenous funding
Closing the Gap campaign committee
Gerry Georgatos
The Stringer
Beware the 'framing' of the conversation - 'consultation' is a dirty word - Don’t close any Homelands - end of story
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA

WGAR News: The May 1st rallies have Gone Global: States in Australia, Aotearoa (NZ), Canada, Germany, Hawaii, Hong Kong China, UK, USA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 01/05/2015 - 10:20am

Newsletter date: 10:20 am, 1 May 2015; Last updated 4:40pm, 1 May 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: SOGIP: Aboriginal communities should not be closed ! By Martin Préaud, Barbara Glowczewski and 16 French researchers working in Australia
* Analysis / Opinion: Arena Magazine: The Real Cost of Closing Remote Communities, by Brian F. Codding, Douglas W. Bird and Rebecca Bliege Bird
* Analysis / Opinion: Jon Altman, Land Rights News - Northern Edition: The quest for the good life

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
ACT
Canberra
New South Wales
Albury
Newcastle
Sydney
Wollongong
Northern Territory
Darwin
Queensland
Brisbane
Cairns
Gold Coast
Sunshine Coast
Toowoomba
Townsville
South Australia
Adelaide
Tasmania
Hobart
Victoria
Melbourne
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
SOGIP
Aboriginal communities should not be closed
Martin Préaud
Barbara Glowczewski
French researchers working in Australia
Arena Magazine
arena
The Real Cost of Closing Remote Communities
Brian F Codding
Douglas W Bird
Rebecca Bliege Bird
Jon Altman
Land Rights News - Northern Edition
Northern Land Council
The quest for the good life
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia
2nd Official Call To Action 1st May 2015
SOSBlakAustralia
The May 1st 2015 rallies have gone global
May 1st 2015 rallies have gone global - Aotearoa (NZ) Canada Germany Hawaii Hong Kong UK and USA
May 1st 2015 Global Solidarity
Green Left
International day of protest on May 1 2015 against forced closure of Aboriginal communities
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA
Protests against closures of Aboriginal homelands
Protests against closures of Aboriginal communities

WGAR News: Full list of May 1 2015 Actions in a place near you: Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia, facebook

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 29/04/2015 - 7:40pm

Newsletter date: 30 April 2015

Contents:

* Upcoming Event Info: Full list of May 1 2015 Actions in a place near you: Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia, facebook
* Upcoming Event Posters: 2nd Official Call To Action 1st May 2015, facebook: By Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia
2nd Official Call To Action 1st May 2015
SOSBlakAustralia
The May 1st 2015 rallies have gone global
May 1st 2015 Global Solidarity
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
GreenLeftTV
youtube
Police ride roughshod over Aboriginal protest against closure of communities
Miranda Wood
Red Flag
'This is a declaration of war' - campaign against closures continues
Sandy Toussaint
The Conversation
Closing 'communities' undermines the humanity of Aboriginal lives
Green Left
International day of protest on May 1 2015 against forced closure of Aboriginal communities
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA
Protests against closures of Aboriginal homelands
Protests against closures of Aboriginal communities
May 1st 2015 rallies have gone global - Aotearea (NZ) Canada Germany Hawaii Hong Kong UK and USA

WGAR News: Protests against closure of Aboriginal communities gain momentum: Rewa Harriman, Maori Television [Maori Solidarity with the Nyoongar people at Matargarup, Perth]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 29/03/2015 - 8:46pm

Newsletter date: 30 March 2015

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Queensland
Brisbane
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
protesting closure of Aboriginal communities
Rewa Harriman
Heeni Brown
Taroi Black
Maori Television
Protests against closure of Aboriginal communities gain momentum
Tent Embassy with the Nyoongar people on Heirisson Island
Maori concern grows for remote Aboriginal communities
Maori students join online protest against the closure of Aboriginal communities
Eru Rerekura
Radio New Zealand News
Call for support for Australian indigenous rights
Digital Dreaming Project
Coroboree Causes Conjestion
Brisbane Unites for the WA Mob
Lia Yorkston
Brisbane knows how to protest
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia
Government Plans to Withdraw Basic Services to Aboriginals
Aboriginal peoples have the right to decent services where they live
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA
The Stringer facebook

WGAR News: Call to Action 19 March 2015: Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities - Stop the Genocide!

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 17/03/2015 - 2:19pm

Newsletter date: 17 March 2015

Contents:

* Facebook: Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia

Geography: 
Australia
ACT
Canberra
New South Wales
Sydney
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Call to Action 19 March 2015 - Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities
Stop the Genocide
Closure of WA Aboriginal Communities
Rally from Aboriginal Tent Embassy to Parliament House
Aboriginal communities in Australia announce a global call to action
Aboriginal communities
a global call to action
Sydney say No Forced Closures of Remote Aboriginal Communities
SOSBlakAustralia
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia
Sarah Jay
This petition will be tabled in the federal senate this week
Protests over plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands
Plans to close Aboriginal remote communities
Kimberley
Kimberley WA

WGAR News: Senate motion condemns Oombulgurri demolition: Greens Senator Rachel Siewert

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 04/03/2015 - 7:30pm

Background to the Oombulgurri demolitions commencing 30 September 2014 - 1 October 2014

Newsletter date: 5 March 2015

Contents:

* Open Letter:
To H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of UN General Assembly
From Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union
Re: Refugee Camp in Perth and developing Humanitarian Crisis

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon - Secretary-General of UN General Assembly
Michael Anderson
Ghillar Michael Anderson
Sovereign Union of Aboriginal Nations and Peoples in Australia - Michael Anderson
Oombulgurri
Oombulgurri demolition
demolition of the remote community of Oombulgurri in Western Australia
Oombulgurri community
Senate motion condemns Oombulgurri demolition
Western Australia's Government to bury Oombulgurri
Oombulgurri demolition decision
Questions over mining influence on Oombulgurri demolition decision
Cissy Gore-Birch
WA Government must stop Oombulgurri demolitions after forcibly evicting community members
Oombulgurri demolitions - your questions answered
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert
Senator Rachel Siewert
Rachel Siewert
Senator Rachel Siewert - Australian Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues
Gerry Georgatos
The Stringer
NIRS
Amnesty International Australia
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA

WGAR News: Closure of remote communities devastates residents: Miranda Wood, Red Flag Newspaper

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 14/02/2015 - 3:26pm

Newsletter date: 18 February 2015

Geography: 
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Aboriginal homelands
Aboriginal remote communities
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA
Change org Petition
Saving Aboriginal communities
Stop Colin Barnett premier of Western Australia
Eleanor Gilbert
Vimeo
Eleanor Gilbert Video
Gerry Georgatos
Hugh Riminton
Miranda Wood
Red Flag
Marianne Mackay
WA Aboriginal activist Marianne Mackay
Jessica Lukjanow
Global Research
Rodney Dillon - an indigenous advisor at Amnesty International Australia
Rodney Dillon
Amnesty International Australia
Ben Collins
ABC Kimberley
Indigenous community closures
Indigenous community closures - essential service uncertainty
NITV News
NITV News - 12 February 2015
Planned Closure of WA Communities Highlights WA's Poor Contribution to Closing the Gap
Closing the Gap
Close the Gap
Calla Wahlquist
The Guardian
SMH
Spend to save WA Aboriginal communities

WGAR News: Forced Displacement of Aborigines in West Australia: Franciscans International & Edmund Rice International

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 08/01/2015 - 6:49am

Newsletter date: 13 January 2015

Contents:

* Joint Urgent Appeal: Franciscans International & Edmund Rice International: Forced Displacement of Aborigines in West Australia
* Background: Franciscans International - a voice at the United Nations: Indigenous Peoples
* WGAR Background: Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
Indigenous peoples
First Nations
Aboriginal homelands
Aboriginal remote communities
Franciscans International
Franciscans International - a voice at the United Nations
Edmund Rice International
Forced Displacement of Aborigines
closure of WA and SA Aboriginal homelands
closure of WA remote communities
closure of SA remote communities
threat to close homelands/remote communities
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA
The impact of budget cuts and government policies in the State of Queensland (Australia) on the exercise of the rights of Indigenous minorities
indigenous rights
Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget